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revers

American  
[ri-veer, -vair] / rɪˈvɪər, -ˈvɛər /

noun

revers plural
  1. a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.

  2. a trimming simulating such a part.

  3. the facing used.


revers British  
/ rɪˈvɪə /

noun

  1. (usually plural) the turned-back lining of part of a garment, esp of a lapel or cuff

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of revers

Borrowed into English from French around 1865–70

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These were our founding fathers, the people everyone revers so much!

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2016

Their jackets favor fingertip lengths, have revers and collars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Albee claimed his first wave in the "sudden death" heat, a 7.5 pt barrel to backside revers for the win.

From Time Magazine Archive

His coat was of light-weight cloth with voluminous revers, a long swallow-tail and large steel buttons.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

They want cerise satin revers on a plum-colored foulard, and that's what we've been giving them.

From Fanny Herself by Ferber, Edna

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